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SUBJECT HEADINGS

Main Terms:	Additional Terms:
Folklore	Place Name-i.e. "United States"
Folklife	Group Name-i.e. "Greek"
Mythology	Material Name-i.e. "Periodical"
Legend	Special Term(s)-i.e. "Social life and customs"

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ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Academic Search Premier is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database.

ATLA Religion Database
The ATLA Religion Database is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all scholarly fields of religion.

American History & Life
(ABC-CLIO) - Database provides chronologies and summaries of significant events. It also suggests topics for study and research sources to support them.

Anthropological Index (via Eureka)
Comprehensive index of bibliographic journal citations with remarkably broad geographical range, emphasizing the Commonwealth and Africa, and extending to Eastern and Central European ethnography and the Americas. Strengths include sociocultural anthropology, ethnology, and material culture, as well as related interdependent disciplines such as archaeology, biological and physical anthropology, and linguistics.

AnthroSource
Provides digital access to current issues regarding 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Anthropology and Humanism, Archaeological Publications of the American Anthropological Association, Cultural Anthropology, Ethos, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, NAPA Bulletin and PoLAR: The Political and Legal Anthropology Review; A complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003; Seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR for key AAA publications; Newsletters and bulletins.

Art Index with Full Text/Art Index Retrospective
Subjects include Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, and Textiles. Full-text coverage for Art Index with Full Text begins in 1997. Art Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cumulates citations to Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984.

Current Contents Connect
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EBSCOhost
Provides access to CINAHL and Pre-CINAHL (nursing and allied health journals); EconLit (economic literature),; RILM Abstracts of Music Literature; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; and Academic Search Premier.

Ethnic NewsWatch
A valuable fulltext interdisciplinary resource providing in-depth coverage of a wide range of current and historical topics--the other sides of the stories. The database supports programs in business, education, ethnic and cultural studies, literature and the arts, environmental studies, history, journalism, political science and government, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, Spanish language and culture and more.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Includes scholarly journals, news magazines and newspaper articles regarding arts and humanities, social sciences and science and technology disciplines.

Francis
Contains records from more than 3,000 journals, books, dissertations, and other American and European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics.

Grove Dictionary of Art
The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the 1990's.

Humanities Full Text
Subject areas include archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995.

InfoTrac OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Igenta
An index to bibliographic citations of current articles taken from well over 25,000 multidisciplinary journals

Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A Middle Ages and Renaissance bibliography of close to 500,000 records for articles, essays, books, and reviews.

J-STOR
Provides fulltext full image access to over sixty journal titles from the inception of the titles up to within the past five years. Covers African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology and Statistics.

Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors
Delivers biographical and bibliographical information on authors and their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

MLA International Bibliography
The MLA Bibliography indexes critical materials on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. The database provides access to citations from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.

OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text. Full-text coverage begins in 1994. Each database has its own start dates for indexing, abstracting, and full text; start dates for full-text rights to individual journals vary within a database.

The Philosopher's Index
The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics and logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

Project Muse
Project MUSE was launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press, in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University, to offer the full text of JHUP scholarly journals via the world wide web. In 1999, MUSE published online 46 JHUP titles in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics, which are available for institutional subscriptions either as a package or individually.

ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Authoritative source for information about U.S. doctoral dissertations and master's theses. This database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities.

Sociological Abstracts
Indexes over 2000 international journals in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.

Web of Science-Art and Humanities Citation Abstracts
A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

WilsonWeb
Provides access to Art Index Retrospective and Readers' Guide Retrospective.

SELECTED WEB SITES
American Folklife Center
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

BIBLIOGRAPHIES and INDEXES

Z2011.B67 1982	Boswell, Jeanetta. Past ruined Ilion--: a bibliography of English and American literature based on Greco-Roman mythology. Metuchen, N.J.; London: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
GR105.B58	Botkin, Benjamin Albert, ed. A treasury of American folklore, stories, ballads, and traditions of the people. New York: NY Crown Publishers, 1944.
REF Z7751.D54	Diehl, Katharine Smith. Religions, mythologies, folklores: an annotated bibliography. New York, Scarecrow Press, 1962.
Z5984.U6 C45 1976	Center for Southern FolkloreAmerican folklore films and videotapes: an index. Memphis: Center for Southern Folklore, c1976.
REF Z5983.F17 E2 1926	Eastman, Mary Huse. Index to fairy tales, myths, and legends. Boston: F.W. Faxon Co., 1926
Z5984.U6 F55	Flanagan, Cathleen C. American folklore: a bibliography, 1950-1974. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
REF Z5984.U5 H32	Haywood, Charles. A bibliography of North American folklore and folksong. New York: Dover Publications, 1961.
DOCS LC 1.12/2:Ar2	Hickerson, Joseph Charles. Archive of folk song: a bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Song, 1978.
REF Z5983.F17 I732	Ireland, Norma Olin. Index to fairy tales, 1973-1977, including folklore, legends, and myths in collections, fourth supplement. Westwood, Mass.: F.W. Faxon Co., c1979.
GR43.C4 S5	Shannon, George. Folk Literature and children: an annotated bibliography of secondary material. Westport, Conn.: Greedwood Press, 1981.
Z5981.Z52	Ziegler, Elsie B. Folklore: An annotated bibliography and index to single editions. Westwood, Mass.: F. W. Faxon Co., 1973.

DICTIONARIES

REF BL715.B44	Bell, Robert E. Dictionary of classical mythology, symbols, attributes, & associations. Oxford; Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1982.
REF BL715.B445 1991	Bell, Robert E. Women of classical mythology: a biographical dictionary>/i>. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1991.
REF BL303.B6 1969	Bonnerjea, Biren. A Dictionary of superstitions and mythology. London: Folk Press; Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969.
REF DA152.5.A7 B78 1999	Bruce, Christopher W. The Arthurian name dictionary. New York: Garland, 1999.
	Cotterell, Arthur. A dictionary of world mythology. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
REF BL715.G713 1986	Dictionary of classical mythology: symbols, attributes & associatios. Santa Barbra, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1982.
BL303.E9	Evans, Bergen. Dictionary of mythology, mainly classical. Lincoln, Neb.: Centennial Press, 1970.
REF GR35.F82	Funk & Wagnalls standard dictionary of folklore, mythology, and legend. Leach, Maria ed. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972.
BL782.D477 1992	Greek and Egyptian mythologies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
REF BL715.G713 1986	Grimal, Pierre. The dictionary of classical mythology. Oxford; New York: Blackwell, 1985, c1986.
REF BL2450.G6 H37 1986	Hart, George. A dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddess. London; New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.
GN307.I5	International dictionary of regional European ethnology and folklore. Commission on Folk Arts and Folklore. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1960-.
REF GR35.J6	Jobes, Gertrude. Dictionary of mythology, folklore and symbols. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1961.
	Lurker, Manfred. The Routledge dictionary of gods and goddesses, devils and demons. London; New York: Routledge, 2004.
	Leeming, David Adams. A dictionary of Asian mythology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
	MacKillop, James. Dictionary of Celtic mythology. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
REF BL715.M4 1988	Meadows, Gilbert. An illustrated dictionary of classical mythology. London, Bloomsbury Books, 1988.
BL2428.M47 2002	Mercatante, Anthony S. Who’s who in Egyptian mythology? New York: MetroBooks, 2002.
BL311.D513 1991	Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1991.
CHILDRENS GR825.S42	Scheub, Harold. A Dictionary of African Mythology: the mythmaker as storyteller. Oxford; New York: Oxford University, 2000.
CHILDRENS GR825.S42	Sedgwick, Paulita. Mythological creatures; a pictorial dictionary. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
REF BL303.S9	Sykes, Egerton. Everyman’s dictionary of non-classical mythology. London: Dent; New York: Dutton, 1952.
REF GR105.T3	Tallman, Marjorie. Dictionary of American folklore. New York: Philosophical Library, c1959.
REF NC1288.T45 1994	Thomas, Anabel. An illustrated dictionary of narrative painting. London: John Murray in association with National Gallery Publications, 1994.
REF BL303.T75 1970	Tripp, Edward. Crowell’s handbook of classical mythology. New York: Crowell, 1970.
BL303.W6	Woodcock, Percival George. Short dictionary of mythology. New York, Philosophical Library, 1953.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

BL715.A413	Aken, Andreas Rudolphus Antonius van. The encyclopedia of classical mythology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, 1965.
	American folklore an encyclopedia. New York: Garland Press, 1996.
BL1005.D5315 1993	Asian mythologies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1993.
REF BL303.C67 1989	Cotterell, Arthur. The Macmillan illustrated encyclopedia of myths and legends. New York: Macmillan, c1989.
REF BL715.D56 1998	Dixon-Kennedy, Mike. Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman mythology. Santa Barbara, Calif. ABC-CLIO, c1998.
REF PN41.E48 1998	Encyclopedia of folklore and literature. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, c1998.
REF GR35.F63 1997	Folklore: an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1997.
REF CB311.I53 1990	Ingpen, Robert R. Encyclopedia of mysterious places: the live and legends of ancient sites around the world. New York: Viking Studio Books, 1990.
REF BL311.M95	Mythology: an illustrated encyclopedia. New York: Rizzoli, 1980.
GR35.P33 1987	Page, Michael F. Encyclopedia of things that never were: creatures, places and people. New York: Viking, 1987, c1985.
REF GR350.A33 2004	Peek, Philip M. and Kwesi Yankah, eds. African Folklore: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2004.
BM50.U58 1998	Unterman, Alan. Encyklopeida tradycji I legend zydowskich. Warszawa: Ksiazka I Wiedza, 1998.
BL458.W34 1983	Walker, Barbara G. The women’s encyclopedia of myths and secrets. San Francisco: Harper & Row, c1983.

GUIDES

GR141.A39 2002	Alexander, Marc. A companion to the folklore, myths & customs of Britain. Stroud: Sutton, 2002.
DOCS LC 39.9:AM3/995	American Folklife Center. American folklife center. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
GOV LC 39.9:8	Baker, Holly Cutting. Folklife and the Library of Congress: a survey of resources. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1981.
GOV LC 39.9:19/994-2	Bartis, Peter. A teacher’s guide to folklife resources for K-12 classrooms. Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center, 1994.
GR40.B29 1978	Bassett, Fletcher S. The folk-lore manual. [ ]: Norwood Editions, 1978.
GR46.B77	Brunvand, Jan Harold. Folklore: a study and research guide. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1976.
BL311.C26 1988	Campbell, Joseph. Historical atlas of world mythology. New York: Perennial Library, c1988-.
GR40.C3813	Carbalho Neto, Paulo de. The concept of folklore. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1971.
GR43.C4 C45 1995	Children’s folklore: a source book. New York: Garland Pub., 1995.
	Children’s folklore a source book. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1999.
BL313.H45 1997	Helbig, Alethea. Myths and hero tales: a cross-cultural guide to literature for children and young adults. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.
BL2001.2.H56	Hindu myths: a sourcebook. Harmondsworth; Baltimore: Penguin, 1975.
GR65.D57	Dorson Richard Mercer. Folklore and folklife, an introduction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972.
Z5981.D85	Dundes, Alan. Folklore theses and dissertations in the United States. Publications of the American Folklore Society, v. 27. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1976.
BL715.G68 1993	Grant, Michael. Who’s Who in classical mythology? New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
GR66.F65 1986	Folk groups and folklore genres: an introduction. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, c1986.
CHILDRENS BL715.K7 1976	Kravitz, David. Who’s Who in Greek and Roman Mythology? New York: C.N. Potter; Crown Publishers, 1976.
REF GR74.6 .M3	MacDonald, Margaret Read. The storyteller’s sourcebook: a subject, title, and motif index to folklore collections for children. Detroit: Neal-Schuman Publishers in asso. with Gale Research, 1982.
BL310.M85 1935	Murray, Alexander Stuart. Manual of mythology; Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology. New York: Tudor Pub. Co., 1935.
	Osborn, Kevin. The complete idiot’s guide to classical mythology. New York: Alpha Books, c1998.
NX650.M9 R45	Reid, Jane Davidson. The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
REF BL303.S46 1985	Senior, Michael. The illustrated Who’s Who in mythology. New York, MacMillan, c1985.
Z7836.S63	Smith, Ron. Mythologies of the world: a guide to sources. Urbana, Ill.: National Council of Teachers of English, c1981.
	Sykes, Egerton. Who’s Who in non-classical mythology? London; New York: Routledge, 2002.

Selected Periodicals

GOV LC 39.14	Folklife annual : a publication of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: The Library, 1985-.
LC39.10	Folklife Center News. Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1978-
	Folklore. London: David Nutt, 1890-.
	Folklore. Tartu, Estonia: Institute of the Estonian Language: Estonian Folklore Archives. 1996.
	The folk-lore journal. Longong: Elliot Stock for the Folk-lore Society, 1883-.
	The folk-lore record. London: Folk-lore Society, 1878-1882.
	Folklore studies. Beijing, China: Museum of Oriental Ethnology, Catholic University of Peking (China), 1942-1962.
DOCS LC 1.12/2:F71/7	Hickerson, Kathryn W. Folklife and ethnomusicology serial publications in North America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Culture, 1982.
	Indian folklife a quarterly newsletter from National Folklore Support Centre. Chennai: National Folklore Support Centre, 2000-.
REF GR1.J8	Journal of American folklore. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society, 1888-.
	Journal of American folklore or Back Issues. Arlington, Va.: American Folklore Society, 2001-.
	Journal of folklore research. Bloomington, In.: Folklore Institute, Indiana University, 1968-.
REF GR114.J67	Journal of Latin American Lore. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1975-.
REF BL1.P25	Parabola. Mt. Kisco, N.Y.: Tamarack Press, 1976-.

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